H.J.Res. 37 — 106th Congress
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations.
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Apr 15, 1999Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
CRS summary
As of Mar 11, 1999Introduced in House
Constitutional Amendment - Requires that any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of that House voting and present, unless the bill is determined at the time of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount. States that for purposes of determining any increase, there shall be excluded any increase resulting from the lowering of an effective rate of any tax. Requires journal entry of any vote.
Permits the waiver of such requirement, for up to two years, if there is a declaration of war or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution which becomes law.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordApr 15, 1999 · On Passage
Full roll call294 of 434 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 229: 57 R · 7 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr. | FL |
| TRAFICANT, James A., Jr. | OH |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| GEKAS, George William | PA |
| McINNIS, Scott | CO |
| SCHAFFER, Robert W. | CO |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati | NJ |
| CANADY, Charles Terrance | FL |
| FLETCHER, Ernest L. | KY |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| STUMP, Robert Lee | AZ |
| BALLENGER, Cass | NC |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| GILLMOR, Paul Eugene | OH |
| COX, Charles Christopher | CA |
| SHERWOOD, Don | PA |
| RYUN, Jim | KS |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W. | MN |
| SWEENEY, John E. | NY |
| RILEY, Robert | AL |
| FRANKS, Robert Douglas | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| KASICH, John Richard | OH |
| ARMEY, Richard Keith | TX |
| MALONEY, James H. | CT |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| HAYWORTH, John D., Jr. | AZ |
| ROEMER, Timothy John | IN |
| SPENCE, Floyd Davidson | SC |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| COMBEST, Larry Ed | TX |
| BONILLA, Henry | TX |
| HANSEN, James Vear | UT |
| ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr. | TX |
| GREENWOOD, James Charles | PA |
| BARCIA, James A. | MI |
| LUCAS, Ken | KY |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| BASS, Charles Foster | NH |
| SKEEN, Joseph Richard | NM |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph | LA |
| BARR, Bob | GA |
| GREEN, Mark | WI |
| COOKSEY, John | LA |
| NORTHUP, Anne Meagher | KY |
| WATKINS, Wesley Wade | OK |
| HUTCHINSON, Asa | AR |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| BARRETT, William E. | NE |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| PEASE, Edward Allan | IN |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| KOLBE, James Thomas | AZ |
| LARGENT, Steve | OK |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| CRANE, Philip Miller | IL |
| HILLEARY, Van | TN |
| BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr. | VA |
| KUYKENDALL, Steven T. | CA |
| GANSKE, Greg | IA |
| LAZIO, Enrico A. | NY |
| POMBO, Richard William | CA |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| DICKEY, Jay W., Jr. | AR |
| EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr. | MD |
| HORN, John Stephen | CA |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| TAYLOR, Charles Hart | NC |
| JOHN, Christopher | LA |
| PACKARD, Ronald C. | CA |
| BRYANT, Ed | TN |
| FOWLER, Tillie Kidd | FL |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| DeLAY, Thomas Dale | TX |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| WELDON, Wayne Curtis | PA |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| HEFLEY, Joel M. | CO |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| KELLY, Sue W. | NY |
| GIBBONS, James A. | NV |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| SANDLIN, Max A. | TX |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC |
| COOK, Merrill | UT |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph | FL |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| COLLINS, Michael Allen | GA |
| CUNNINGHAM, Randall | CA |
| DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn | WA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| BILIRAKIS, Michael | FL |
| ROGAN, James E. | CA |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| CONDIT, Gary Adrian | CA |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| METCALF, Jack | WA |
| QUINN, John Francis | NY |
| SMITH, Nick H. | MI |
| TALENT, James Matthes | MO |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| NEY, Robert William | OH |
| JENKINS, William Lewis | TN |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| LEACH, James Albert Smith | IA |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr. | OK |
| NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr. | GA |
| MILLER, Daniel | FL |
| HASTERT, John Dennis | IL |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| GOSS, Porter J. | FL |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| FOLEY, Mark A. | FL |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| OXLEY, Michael Garver | OH |
| GOODLING, William Franklin | PA |
| SHOWS, Clifford Ronald | MS |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur | NY |
| FORBES, Michael Patrick | NY |
| NUSSLE, James Allen | IA |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr. | WA |
| CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon | AL |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr. | OK |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| EWING, Thomas W. | IL |
| SUNUNU, John E. | NH |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| OSE, Doug | CA |
| McINTOSH, David Martin | IN |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P. | ID |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Don Young | AK |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| Matt Salmon | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Johnny Isakson | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Rob Portman | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Coburn | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| Mark Sanford | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
Nay — 199: 72 D · 1 I
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| HYDE, Henry John | IL |
| WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr. | WV |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| PICKETT, Owen Bradford | VA |
| MORELLA, Constance A. | MD |
| BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr. | TX |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| PORTER, John Edward | IL |
| HOEFFEL, Joseph M. | PA |
| HOSTETTLER, John Nathan | IN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| CLEMENT, Robert Nelson | TN |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| OWENS, Major Robert Odell | NY |
| CAMPBELL, Thomas J. | CA |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann | GA |
| SAWYER, Thomas Charles | OH |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G. | CA |
| EVANS, Lane Allen | IL |
| DEUTSCH, Peter R. | FL |
| DANNER, Patsy Ann | MO |
| PHELPS, David Dwain | IL |
| LUTHER, William Paul | MN |
| BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr. | PA |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| CLAYTON, Eva M. | NC |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| SISISKY, Norman | VA |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| TURNER, Jim | TX |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| WEYGAND, Robert A. | RI |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| CLAY, William Lacy, Sr. | MO |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| COYNE, William Joseph | PA |
| LaFALCE, John Joseph | NY |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita | CA |
| HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr. | NY |
| HALL, Tony Patrick | OH |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| McCARTHY, Karen | MO |
| STRICKLAND, Ted | OH |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R. | IL |
| HILL, Rick | MT |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| FORD, Harold, Jr. | TN |
| BALDACCI, John Elias | ME |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| MEEHAN, Martin Thomas | MA |
| MOAKLEY, John Joseph | MA |
| DOOLEY, Calvin M. | CA |
| MINK, Patsy Takemoto | HI |
| JOHNSON, Nancy Lee | CT |
| STENHOLM, Charles Walter | TX |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| WU, David | OR |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| FROST, Jonas Martin | TX |
| DAVIS, Jim | FL |
| VENTO, Bruce Frank | MN |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SABO, Martin Olav | MN |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis | NY |
| THURMAN, Karen L. | FL |
| KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel | WI |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell | VA |
| BEREUTER, Douglas Kent | NE |
| MEEK, Carrie P. | FL |
| GEJDENSON, Samuel | CT |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| DIXON, Julian Carey | CA |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| MINGE, David R. | MN |
| RIVERS, Lynn Nancy | MI |
| THOMAS, William Marshall | CA |
| MATSUI, Robert T. | CA |
| SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr. | FL |
| BONIOR, David Edward | MI |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| LIPINSKI, William Oliver | IL |
| GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew | MO |
| HILLIARD, Earl Frederick | AL |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| BARRETT, Thomas M. | WI |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| KLINK, Ronald | PA |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| MASCARA, Frank R. | PA |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
Not Voting — 6: 2 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| SHUSTER, E. G. | PA |
| BROWN, George Edward, Jr. | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
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